Comments on: Philadelpia goalkeeper Zac MacMath to train at Everton

By: bishopofblunder

bishopofblunder — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:46:08 +0000

I like Johnson, but he can commit some real howlers when it comes to positioning. Hamid seems more solid, not as flashy as Johnson. I haven’t seen enough of MacMath to form an opinion. But I gotta like any guy with “Math” in his name.

Hopefully, this training spell will lead to more opportunities for the lad.

By: eatcheson

eatcheson — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:35:23 +0000

And that’s part of having multiple young players at a position as a national team coach–you don’t need every single one of them to pan out. If one of MacMath/Hamid/Johnson stagnates, from a USMNT perspective, that’s not a body blow because the other two could keep developing (plus, since they’re keepers, none of them are likely to hit their peak for several more years). And that’s to say nothing of our young keepers over in Europe–Caleb Patterson-Sewell and Cody Cropper.

By: whordy

whordy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:57:04 +0000

Probably the best thing for him, since he is pretty much the distant third in the U23 GK department, is that the two players ahead of him haven’t done much to cement their future.
While MacMath has clearly had ups and downs, and made plenty of visible mistakes this year – so have Johnson and Hamid. We were reminded of this fact recently when Hamid was kind enough to punch the ball into his own net over the weekend. I also remember Johnson passing the ball to the other team earlier this year too. If you want to be picky, at least MacMaths issues are the mostly experience-based problem of commanding his box and deciding when to come out or not.